I love it when these old, large industrial buildings are converted into museums. They make wonderful spaces for art and history. I enjoyed the space of the Tate Modern in London almost as much as the art itself. This building is beautiful! It's wonderful that it has a whole new life.

What an interesting history and I, too, love museums like this! I'm always pleased to see old buildings being reused. I think it helps us stay in touch with our country's history -- wish we did more of it here in the states! Have a great evening, JM!

That is a fantastic building...those windows, wow! What wonderful light must flood the place! So nice that it has been kept up and converted into very useful space.

Re cormorants: Those are anhingas you see. They're almost identical to cormorants.

Re the three crosses: I'll copy and paste my answer to that question--I should have done this in the post...

Re your questions about the three crosses: the southern part of the United States contains a plethora of fundamentalist Christians who believe it is their Christian duty to convert everyone in the world to their particular religious views. So, they use every means possible to "evangelize."

One of the ways they try to do this is grab people's attention and make them think about their "faith."

So, in the south (e.g., Florida), churches of a certain ilk (usually Southern Baptist or Pentecostal) erect three crosses which represent the cross of Jesus and the two "thieves." This representation is supposed to make people stop their cars, run to the nearest church, confess their sins and become "born again" which means they will go to heaven. Anyone not "born again" will never make heaven but will burn forever in horrendous fiery hell as punishment from the "loving god."